Jumat, 30 April 2010

A team of archaeologists who based his research on the Bible claims to have discovered the remains of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat prophet at an altitude of 13 thousand feet, in the eastern region of Turkey. The research team named the Noah's Ark Ministries International is comprised of archaeologists from China and Turkey claimed to have found the remains of Noah's Ark wood.

The research team claims that the carbon tests showed that the relics of 4800 years old, or nearly equal to those moments when the Ark of Noah began to float. One of the researchers, Yeung Wing-Cheung, stating that it was almost certain that the findings in Ararat is the Ark of Noah. "It's not 100 percent that the Ark of Noah. Still we think this 99.9 percent is the Ark of Noah," Yeung said, as quoted in The Sun edition of Wednesday (28 / 4).

According to him, finding wood structure that contains many compartments of the team, some of them with wooden beams, which is believed to have been used for animal cages. The team also ruled out the possibility that the findings of the former settlement. "Because in the surrounding areas has never been found (settlements) in ketingggian 11 thousand foot," said Yeung.

On these findings, local government officials will ask the central government in Ankara that Turkey was the site included in the list of World Heritage (World Heritage) in UNESCO, which can be protected and an archaeological excavation remains to be done.

Mentioned, God decided to flood the earth after seeing how corrupt and damaging period. God had commanded Noah to build a giant ark and fill it with a pair of each animal.

Not only that, the Bible also specifies, after the flood subsided Noah's Ark stranded on a mountain. Many believe the mountain is Mount Ararat, the highest point in the area, where Noah's ark and its passengers were stranded.